Sophos UTM 9 (Auto Scaling BYOL)

Product Overview

Sophos UTM9 Auto Scaling is an AWS Security Competency approved NextGen Firewall Auto Scaling solution that helps customers with their shared security responsibilities by offering multiple layers of protection in a single solution that scans, controls and reports on traffic entering and leaving a VPC. Security features include a Web Application Firewall (WAF), a pre-tuned and automatically updated Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), an Outbound Web Proxy/ Layer 7 Application Engine to protect and control connections to the Public Internet, an Advanced Threat Protection engine to identify and block unknown and evasive threats, and VPN Gateway features to securely connect remote sites and users. The UTM9 NextGen Firewall solution also provides detailed logs and reports which can be viewed on system and/or exported to the AWS CloudWatch Logs service and any Syslog compatible device. Sophos provides a CloudFormation template to easily deploy the Active/Active solution across multiple Availability Zones while integrating with key AWS services such as Auto Scaling, CloudWatch, and S3 to comply with AWS Best Practice guidance on secure architecture. UTM9 Auto Scaling also provides Outbound Gateway which provides for secure, scalable outbound traffic protection, and a secure REST API to automate configuration. If you have any questions or if you need assistance with deployment or configuration, please contact the Sophos Public Cloud team at aws.marketplace@sophos.com

Outbound Gateway (OGW): automatically scale up or down for outbound network packet inspection, or URL filtering and whitelisting to help ensure your applications are accessible only to authorized services.